Now that the political difficulties in the way of climbing
Mount Everest have been removed by the Tibetan Government, General Bruce's paper on the question in the Geographical Journal for January appears opportunely. General Bruce describes the plans which ho made long ago for attacking the mountain, and gives a map of his proposed route and several remarkable tele-photographic views of Everest. He discusses the experiences of famous climbers a t high altitudes in the Himalayas. The secret of success, he thinks, is for the climbers to remain as short a time as possible at great heights, where the rarefied air imposes an excessive strain on the human frame. " It is much better to come down as far as possible for a good rest and reascend when fresh than to try and recover from fatigue by lying up at a great height "—much above, say, 15,000 feet.
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